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Human Rights Attacks Accelerated by Trump Second Term: Amnesty

This is Beirut, 29/04 05:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The global system of law and human rights is under threat from a "multiplicity of assaults" which have accelerated since US President Donald Trump's return to power, Amnesty International said Tuesday in its annual report. "Unprecedented forces are hunting down the ideals of human rights for all, seeking to destroy an ...

Imminent Execution Threat for Two Iranian Opposition Members

This is Beirut, 27/01 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Two Iranian men convicted of membership of the People's Mujahedin opposition group, outlawed by the Islamic republic, are at imminent risk of execution after being transferred to a different prison, the organisation and activists said on Monday. The men, Behrouz Ehsani, 69, and Mehdi Hassani, 48, a father of three, were moved without prior notice ...

Rights Groups Urge Protection of Evidence of Assad’s Abuses

This is Beirut, 2024-12-23 22:46 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Three rights group on Monday appealed to Syria's new rulers to urgently preserve evidence of atrocities committed under former president Bashar al-Assad. Such evidence -- including government and intelligence documents as well as mass graves -- will be essential for establishing the fate of tens of thousands of people forcibly disappeared, ...

Watchdogs Urge 'War Crime' Probe for Israeli Strike on Journalists

This Is Beirut, 2023-12-07 13:23 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Rights groups Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are urging a “war crime” investigation into an Israeli strike in Lebanon that killed journalist Issam Abdallah and injured six others, including AFP photographer Christina Assi. AFP and Reuters investigations reached the same conclusions. The Israeli strike that killed one journalist ...

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